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Famed for statistical studies analyzing American elections and voting behavior, native Texan V. O. Key taught at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University after earning his B. A. and M.A. at the University of Texas (1929 and 1930 respectively) and a Ph. D. at the University of Chicago (1934). During World War II, Key worked at the Bureau of the Budget under his mentor Harold Foote Gosnell. In 1934, he married Nebraska native Cora Luella Gettys, who after graduating with a B.A. from Bryn Mar College and the University of Illinois with a Ph. D., worked for Immigration and Naturalization Service.
V. O. Key's works include The Techniques of Political Graft in the United States (1935), Southern Politics in State and Nation (1949), A Primer of Statistics for Political Scientists (1954), American State Politics: An Introduction (1956), Public Opinion and American Democracy (1961), Politics, Parties, and Pressure Groups (published posthumously in 1964), and The Responsible Electorate: Rationality In Presidential Voting 1935--1960 (another posthumous work published in 1966).
Contributor: E. E. Smith (46947577) •
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Famed for statistical studies analyzing American elections and voting behavior, native Texan V. O. Key taught at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University after earning his B. A. and M.A. at the University of Texas (1929 and 1930 respectively) and a Ph. D. at the University of Chicago (1934). During World War II, Key worked at the Bureau of the Budget under his mentor Harold Foote Gosnell. In 1934, he married Nebraska native Cora Luella Gettys, who after graduating with a B.A. from Bryn Mar College and the University of Illinois with a Ph. D., worked for Immigration and Naturalization Service.
V. O. Key's works include The Techniques of Political Graft in the United States (1935), Southern Politics in State and Nation (1949), A Primer of Statistics for Political Scientists (1954), American State Politics: An Introduction (1956), Public Opinion and American Democracy (1961), Politics, Parties, and Pressure Groups (published posthumously in 1964), and The Responsible Electorate: Rationality In Presidential Voting 1935--1960 (another posthumous work published in 1966).
Contributor: E. E. Smith (46947577) •
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